Nonlinear quantum tunneling effects in nanoplasmonic environments: Two-photon absorption and harmonic generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Haus, Joseph W ^a,b   De Ceglia, Domenico ^b   Vincenti, Maria Antonietta ^b   Scalora, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIMILAR METALS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

AC CURRENT DENSITIES; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS; THIRD-HARMONIC GENERATION; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 84902264515     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.000A13     Document Type: Article

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